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Training
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- ARTNeT/RIS Follow-up Workshop on Gravity Modelling of Trade Facilitation and “Behind the Border” Measures Affecting Trade, 21-25 Sep 2009, New Delhi, India
- Seventeenth Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis, 8-14 Aug 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
An ARTNeT scholarship to attend the course was awarded to Mr. Phouphet Kyophilavong, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos
- ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 22-26 Jun 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
- ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Competitiveness Analysis, 3-5 Jun 2009, Hanoi, Viet Nam
- Emerging trade issues for policymakers in developing countries of Asia and the Pacific: New era of trade governance,4-6 Mar 2009, Manila, Philippines
- ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research: "Behind the Border" Gravity Modelling, 15-19 Dec 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
- ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 2-6 Jun 2008, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Research Workshop on Emerging Trade Issues for Developing Countries in Asia-Pacific Region, 10-11 Dec 2007, Macao, China
- WTO/ESCAP Third ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Research, 26-30 March 2007
- Second ARTNeT Visiting Fellowship awarded to Mr. Bounlert Vanhnalat, National University of Lao, in cooperation with the University of Hong Kong
Mr. Bounlert Vanhnalat, Lecturer, National University of Laos, was awarded an ARTNeT fellowship to conduct research on the factors that affect Lao PDR's trade competititiveness and its exports to neighboring countries. He worked under the guidance of Mr. Donald J. Lewis, Associate Professor and Director, East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Programme, University of Hong Kong. Mr. Vanhnalat was generously hosted at the University of Hong Kong from 29 October to 26 December 2007, which also allowed him to participate in the Third ARTNeT Consultative Meeting and related events held in Macao, China during the last week of October.
- WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Advanced Regional Seminar on Multilateral Negotiations in Services for Asian and Pacific Economies, 19-21 September 2006, Kolkata, India
- WTO/ESCAP Second ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Research, 17-21 April 2006
Following the workshop, support was provided to interested participants to apply the methods learned during the workshop. Prabir De and Samir Ranjan Pradhan used gravity models to examine the impact of trade costs on trade and the export development potential of an FTA between India and the Gulf Cooperation, respectively. Indira Hapsari also estimated a gravity model to understand the determinants of AFTA Members trade patterns.
- WTO/ESCAP ARTNeT Regional Seminar on WTO Agriculture Negotiations
for Asia-Pacific Economics, 29-31 March 2006
- First ARTNeT Visiting Fellowship awarded to Mr. Rajan, Panta, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Mr. Rajan Panta, a junior team member of an ARTNeT team
led by Dr. Maskay (Tribhuvan University) and conducting
a study on Investment
Liberalization Strategies in the Service Sector will
be hosted at the Thailand Development Research Institute
(TDRI) and UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division from 17
February 2006 to 25 April 2006. Dr. Deunden Nikomborirak,
TDRI, has kindly agreed to advise Mr. Panta as he conducts
a follow-up case study of liberalization of the health services
sector in Thailand.
- ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 22-25 March 2005
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